by Seminarian Chris Michaelis In their seminal 1987 classic, Michael Stipe and his band R.E.M. proclaimed in song what many of us were feeling in the late ‘80’s. “It’s the end of the world as we know it…and I feel fine…” Now, I may have only been a toddler when that song came out, but

by Stephanie Berkas, Seminary Intern “How do my beliefs about life after death reflect my hopes and priorities rather than God’s?” As I pondered and wrestled with the texts that were presented to us this morning, I felt as though these passages form scripture were revealing layer after layer of complexity, and confusion, and challenge. We